The Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP) "will ask the Kasich administration and the General Assembly to come up with $20.3 million to help finance $210 million in regional development," Crain's Cleveland Business reports. The state asked the GCP to "submit a list of priority economic development projects for consideration in the capital budget." The item at the top of the list is $7 million for a pedestrian bridge to connect the Cleveland Convention Center to the lakefront. The GCP is also requesting the following funds: "$6 million for improvements to the riverfront on the east bank of the Flats; $1 million toward $30 million in improvements to increase public access to the lake in Euclid; $350,000 for a $1 million plan to improve Lakewood Park on the lake in Lakewood; and $500,000 for the Towpath Trail, a hiking trail that begins south of Akron and will extend to Lake Erie," the article said. For more, read the full story.
Greater Cleveland Partnership to request $20.3 million in state funding to help finance $210 million in regional development
